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 Science & Tech  Ingrid - 67 days ago - sciencedaily.com When bats go hunting by listening for faint rustling sounds made by their quarry on a quiet night they don't have any problems. But what happens when a bat goes foraging next to a noisy highway? Can they still hear the faint sounds?
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What Is Killing the Bats of Pincher Creek?
Science & Tech  Elena - 97 days ago - theglobeandmail.com A mystery surrounding the large number of dead animals on a wind farm in Alberta prompted a groundbreaking study at the University of Calgary that found the drop in air pressure around some turbines resulted in fatal respiratory injuries
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 Science & Tech Ingrid - 241 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk A mystery illness that has scientists baffled is wiping out tens of thousands of bats across the north-east of the US.
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 Science & Tech Ingrid - 244 days ago - reuters.com Bats play a bigger role than birds do in controlling tropical insects, and the loss of bats might mean that morning cup of coffee gets more expensive
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 Science & Tech Ingrid - 254 days ago - sciencedaily.com Researchers have developed a computer algorithm that can imitate the bat's ability to classify plants using echolocation. The study represents a collaboration between machine learning scientists and biologists studying bat orientation.
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 Science & Tech  John - 275 days ago - sciencedaily.com ScienceDaily (Mar. 3, 2008) -- Honey bees and hummingbirds can hover like helicopters for minutes at a time, sucking the juice from their favorite blossoms while staying aloft in a swirl of vortices.
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 Science & Tech  Cathryne - 278 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk Bats use the same aerodynamic mechanism as insects to hover in one place, scientists have found. Writing in Science, they said that as the animal flapped its wings downwards, the motion created a tiny cyclone of air known as a "leading edge vortex".
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 Science & Tech Ingrid - 279 days ago - reuters.com Bats stay aloft by employing an aerodynamic trick previously thought unique to insects, researchers said on Thursday.
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Birds, Bats And Insects Hold Secrets For Aerospace Engineers
Science & Tech  Michael - 295 days ago - sciencedaily.com Natural flyers like birds, bats and insects outperform man-made aircraft in aerobatics and efficiency. University of Michigan engineers are studying these animals as a step toward designing flapping-wing planes with wingspans smaller than a deck of playi
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